gable end

noun

1. an end wall bearing a gable.

gable end

noun

1. the end wall of a building on the side which is topped by a gable

Other Words From

• gable-ended adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gable end¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50

Example Sentences

In a few minutes, the gable end where the chimney was built, in its turn, sank into the abyss.

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I found my uncle at the gable-end, watching the signs of the weather, with a pipe in his fingers.

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He took the King's Son outside and showed him a dry narrow water-tank at the gable end of the house.

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He made his way through woods and thickets, and mighty glad he was when he saw the tank at the gable-end of the house.

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Viewed from the rear, his style of architecture is gothic, and he has a gable-end, to which his tail is attached.

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